Chapter Sixty-Six: Murderous Opportunities
Of course, Gu Xiaole didn't know that his camp was being remembered by the old leaders and colleagues of his company again.
At the moment, he was preoccupied with a small colorful snake on the branch of a tree less than half a meter away from him,
Although Gu Xiaole didn't know what breed this snake was,
But judging from the guy's colorful stripes and inverted triangular head, this must be a poisonous snake,
As for how toxic it is,
Gu Xiaole didn't know and didn't want to know,
Just now he was in a hurry to get out of the jungle,
Only then did he use the machete in his hand to cut open some of the vines that stood in the way,
I heard a burst of "hiss......" chirps,
Suddenly, I realized that the guy was already close to him.
Fortunately, my ears are quite sensitive,
Otherwise, you will rush to the past, and you will inevitably be taken by this guy!
But the current form is also quite bad.
Animals usually have a warning range,
Generally speaking, small poisonous snakes or poisonous spiders like this,
Passive escape is often adopted for intruders who are more than one meter away.
But once the intruder enters a distance of one meter,
Then their reaction may be to attack or to flee.
Once the intruder enters a warning distance of less than 20 cm,
Then these guys are going to attack!
And the distance between Gu Xiaole and this guy now happens to be within 1 meter and less than 20 centimeters.
It is within the range that can attack or escape,
The hissing sound of the poisonous snake just now was a warning to Gu Xiaole, the intruder,
I'm going to bite you again!
But now the two sides have formed a situation of confrontation,
Gu Xiaole didn't dare to turn around and run,
For fear that this poisonous snake will suddenly burst out on the treetops and give himself a bite in the back,
I had to slowly raise the machete in my hand,
Watching out for the poisonous snake in front of him,
The heart said that if you rush over and bite Lao Tzu,
Lao Tzu will give you a knife.
At this distance, Gu Xiaole is completely sure that he can cut this little snake less than half a meter long.
But one of the biggest tests is that
He wields a knife and slashes snakes while not guaranteeing his own safety.
If this guy on the other side is a die-hard guy,
I can kill it with this knife,
But if this guy gives me a bite at the same time,
Come to a limit one-for-one?
This, how can this be considered a bloody deal, right?
So at this moment, Gu Xiaole could only keep praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky,
Pray that this little poisonous snake will escape quickly, and how good it is that everyone's well water does not interfere with the river water!
But the little one's triangular head kept shaking,
A small scarlet forked tongue kept sticking out of the mouth,
A pair of pale yellow eyes kept staring at Gu Xiaole's every move,
Obviously didn't want to leave right away.
Gu Xiaole scolded in his heart!
The heart says:
Lao Tzu came out to pick some mushrooms, and you have no grievances in the near future.
What the fuck are you pestering me for?
Originally, the jungle after the rain was extremely hot,
Coupled with the scorching afternoon sun,
But within 5 minutes, Gu Xiaole began to sweat along his neck,
He did not dare to reach out and wipe it.
For fear of making the poisonous snake on the opposite side mistakenly think that he is going to take the initiative to attack.
At this awkward time,
Suddenly, a familiar chirp came,
Gu Xiaole's heart can be regarded as a stone falling to the ground,
He didn't have to look to know that the owner of this cry must be the little monkey cub they took in yesterday, Gold!
This morning the little guy and the three hostesses got up and disappeared directly into the jungle.
Probably to find wild fruits or some young branches and leaves to eat.
Although monkeys are omnivorous,
But it is still mainly vegetarian, if you eat meat with Gu Xiaole and them for a long time, I am afraid that the stomach will not be able to stand it.
So Gu Xiaole and they didn't stop the little monkey from leaving,
After all, this jungle is really its home.
But at this time, the appearance of this little guy can be regarded as saving Gu Xiaole's life.
Sure enough, with that chirping sound,
The viper on the branch was visibly distracted,
He began to tilt his head to look at the source of the sound.
And the little monkey called Gold stood on a branch less than 3 meters away from the poisonous snake,
Constantly chirping and grimacing, the posture was clearly mocking the poisonous snake.
After a while of swallowing in the mouth of the poisonous snake, the snake tilted its head sharply, and sure enough, it began to turn its target to the little monkey.
But just the moment it turned its head,
A cold light swept by, and the triangular head of the viper fell from under its neck with a thud.
Gu Xiaole handsomely put away the knife, looked at the scarlet blood stains on the blade of the machete, and said to the little monkey on the branch:
"Gold, your hatred is good!"
The little monkey seemed to understand what he was saying, and jumped on the branches of the trees.
It seems that the praise from Gu Xiaole is very useful.
"After leaving Gold, if you walk with me in the jungle, I will feel much more at ease!"
Gu Xiaole waved his hand and led the little monkey to continue to move forward in the jungle.
With the addition of the little monkey,
Gu Xiaole can indeed safely explore the path or observe the situation on the ground,
After all, the little monkey's familiarity and sensory acuity with this jungle are far above his own.
So a man and a monkey walked in the jungle for a long time,
Just as Gu Xiaole guessed in advance,
After the rain, many mushrooms grew in the jungle overnight.
These mushrooms range from large to small, some are colorful, others are just gray or white.
Gu Xiaole remembered his experience of picking mushrooms in the mountains of his hometown, and did not touch the kind of colored mushrooms.
But even the colorless ones are not guaranteed to be non-toxic.
So Gu Xiaole only dared to pick some mushrooms he knew,
Fortunately, on the jungle ground, I don't know how many years have been accumulated, and the humus layer is formed by the accumulation of layers of decaying leaves.
Very suitable for the growth of mushrooms,
So Gu Xiaole can pick as many kinds of ones he knows as much as possible, such as morels, matsutake mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, chanterelles, etc.
These mushrooms are very good things to sell for money in their hometown.
After every heavy rain, the neighbors in their hometown will drag their families to the mountains to pick mushrooms.
These mushrooms need to cooperate with the roots of the towering trees to grow.
That is, it cannot be planted artificially,
So the yield is extremely low,
Prices have always been rising, and the boat is on the rise, all the way up.
After all, people in the city like to eat this mountain delicacies,
The tuition fee for my college is to rely on my mother's deep and shallow feet to carry a big basket.
Picking mushrooms in the mountains, digging wild vegetables, and deducting Chinese medicinal herbs to earn it.
Looking at the large number of wild edible mushrooms picked after a while,
Gu Xiaole couldn't help but think of his father and mother's back, which was bent by manual labor early although they were not very old.
Well, he let out a long sigh,
Xin said that the news of his shipwreck should have reached his parents in his hometown, right?
I wonder how the two of them are sad now?
Even if it's for the sake of their second elder, I must get out alive!
Mom and Dad, you are waiting for me! Son, I will not let you raise me for nothing!
After pouring myself several mouthfuls of chicken soup for the soul,
Gu Xiaole began to dig all kinds of mushrooms with confidence......
Before he knew it, he slowly approached the stream where he had last fetched water,
In fact, he still has a lot of scruples about that small river in his bones.
After all, here he killed the little cub of the big wild boar.
The second time he also seriously wounded the big boar with a spear,
I don't know if the wild boar is dead or alive now?
And he still remembers the pack of hyenas he encountered when he first came to the island,
The leader of them was blinded by him in one eye.
They are also often active near this creek.
So this little river is really dangerous for him,
However, since he had arrived, Gu Xiaole still planned to collect some more fresh water and go back.
A man and a monkey slowly approached the stream,
In the afternoon, the river is very quiet, except for the sound of the water trickling.
Gu Xiaole and Jin lurked behind a bush, and the little monkey could actually understand Gu Xiaole's posture,
Silently crouched beside him without squeaking.
Gu Xiaole observed for a while at a distance of about 20 meters from the river, and thought to himself:
"No! there's a problem here?"
Supposedly, a place like this with water will never be so quiet.
If there are no carnivores here,
It should be a paradise for all kinds of herbivores to drink.
There's no movement at all like this,
There must be some special reason for such an anomaly.
When things go wrong, there must be demons,
What is it that makes this place of abundant water and grass not approached by animals?
Gu Xiaole kept scanning the surroundings,
Didn't find anything out of the ordinary,
But he had always been cautious, but he still did not dare to appear near the small river easily.
At this moment, the obedient little monkey Gold suddenly jumped out of the bushes,
Chirping and running to a rock next to a stream.
"Gold, don't go over! Danger!" Gu Xiaole couldn't hide it.
I had to shout loudly in the back......